Psalms

Psalm 92:6–7

⁶A senseless man does not know,

and a fool does not understand,

⁷that though the wicked sprout like grass,

and all evildoers flourish,

they will be forever destroyed.

Word by word

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
A senseless	בַּ֭עַר	ba·‘ar	Adjective - masculine singular	H1198 brutishness
man	אִֽישׁ־	’îš-	Noun - masculine singular	H376 man
does not	לֹ֣א	lō	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
know	יֵדָ֑ע	yê·ḏā‘	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H3045 know
and a fool	וּ֝כְסִ֗יל	ū·ḵə·sîl	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular	H3684 stupid fellow, dullard, fool
does not	לֹא־	lō-	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
understand	יָבִ֥ין	yā·ḇîn	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H995 discern

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
that though the wicked	רְשָׁעִ֨ים׀	rə·šā·‘îm	Adjective - masculine plural	H7563 wicked, criminal
sprout	בִּפְרֹ֤חַ	bip̄·rō·aḥ	Preposition-b; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H6524 bud, sprout, shoot
like	כְּמ֥וֹ	kə·mōw	Preposition	H3644 like, as, when
grass	עֵ֗שֶׂב	‘ê·śeḇ	Noun - masculine singular	H6212 herb, herbage
and all	כָּל־	kāl-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
evildoers	פֹּ֣עֲלֵי	pō·‘ă·lê	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct	H6466 do, make
flourish	וַ֭יָּצִיצוּ	way·yā·ṣî·ṣū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H6692 blossom
they will be	עַֽד׃	‘aḏ	Noun - masculine singular	H5704 as far as, even to, up to, until, while
forever	עֲדֵי־	‘ă·ḏê-	Preposition	H5703 perpetuity
destroyed	לְהִשָּֽׁמְדָ֥ם	lə·hiš·šā·mə·ḏām	Preposition-l; Verb - Nifal - Infinitive construct; third person masculine plural	H8045 be exterminated, destroyed

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Psalm 92:6 1 Corinthians 2:14 · Psalm 73:22 · Psalm 94:8 · Proverbs 1:22 · Psalm 49:10 · Psalm 14:1 · Proverbs 24:7 · Luke 12:20 · Proverbs 30:2 · Jeremiah 10:14 · Psalm 32:9 · Isaiah 1:3

Psalm 92:7 Psalm 37:38 · Psalm 73:18–20 · 1 Peter 1:24 · Jeremiah 12:1–2 · Psalm 37:1–2 · Psalm 37:35–36 · James 1:10–11 · Malachi 4:1 · Psalm 73:12 · Malachi 3:15 · Job 12:6 · Job 21:7–12

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.